@Barryerewrote:
@computergeek541 wrote:
@Barryere wrote:I added some numbers to a contact to block communication but I don't see a way to actually block the specific contact from communicating.
I'm not sure which operating system and version you're using, and which model phone, but I've had a smartphone before with no obvious option to block a caller. What I did was install the Google Contacts app (available in Play Store if you're running Android) and told it so send all calls from some numbers direclty to voicemail. That won't prevent them from sending you text messages or leaving you voice messages, but at lest your phone won't ring.
I'm running with an android phone myself, with Google contacts or what certainly looks like contacts from Google as I sync contacts to my connected gmail account, it syncs with my phone. I do not see an option, unless it's buried, to tell it to direct calls straight to voicemail for a specific contact.
In the phone app itself, these are its features. Under voicemail there is nothing about directly calls straight to it.
It might vary from OS to OS...
On mine I need to open the contact, click on "edit" / the pencil, then on the three dots in the upper right corner to get to this screen:
@Barryere wrote:
@computergeek541 wrote:
@Barryere wrote:I added some numbers to a contact to block communication but I don't see a way to actually block the specific contact from communicating.
I'm not sure which operating system and version you're using, and which model phone, but I've had a smartphone before with no obvious option to block a caller. What I did was install the Google Contacts app (available in Play Store if you're running Android) and told it so send all calls from some numbers direclty to voicemail. That won't prevent them from sending you text messages or leaving you voice messages, but at lest your phone won't ring.
I'm running with an android phone myself, with Google contacts or what certainly looks like contacts from Google as I sync contacts to my connected gmail account, it syncs with my phone. I do not see an option, unless it's buried, to tell it to direct calls straight to voicemail for a specific contact.
In the phone app itself, these are its features. Under voicemail there is nothing about directly calls straight to it.
The exact wording will depend on the software that is installed on the phone. Adding that phone number to Blocked numbers will accomplish the same. And depending on your phone's software, it may also prevent text messages originating from that number from showing on your phone as well. People who are blocked will still be able to leave voicemail.
@computergeek541 wrote:
@Barryere wrote:I added some numbers to a contact to block communication but I don't see a way to actually block the specific contact from communicating.
I'm not sure which operating system and version you're using, and which model phone, but I've had a smartphone before with no obvious option to block a caller. What I did was install the Google Contacts app (available in Play Store if you're running Android) and told it so send all calls from some numbers direclty to voicemail. That won't prevent them from sending you text messages or leaving you voice messages, but at lest your phone won't ring.
I'm running with an android phone myself, with Google contacts or what certainly looks like contacts from Google as I sync contacts to my connected gmail account, it syncs with my phone. I do not see an option, unless it's buried, to tell it to direct calls straight to voicemail for a specific contact.
In the phone app itself, these are its features. Under voicemail there is nothing about directly calls straight to it.
@Barryere wrote:
@Dogbert wrote:
@Barryere wrote:Hi,
Last night around 11:30 pm and today at 10:48 am I got a call from a number (011 678 510 0227), they ring once and hang up.
Google provides me with this when I search the number: https://www.listdd.com/678-510-0204
How do I block calls with PM?
The number will be different tomorrow (these display number continually changes), so it isn't worth the hassle of trying to block.
I get a number of these calls informing me that I've been selected to "Win" "Win" "Win"!
Sometimes, I get that I'm required to call this number back or I will go to "Jail"!
I just ignore them, as I've not signed up for "Phone Monopoly".
I blocked it, although it'd be nice for a way to block numbers directly through the carrier so that if a person switches phones...
@Barryere That would be a big ask for a provider to maintain that list. I use a Pixel and Google thankfully provides that service for me. 
